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December 30, 2016
Car Transport from San Diego to Seattle
[embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpcuYpgZyrY[/embed] San Diego is one of the largest cities in California. Seattle is easily the largest city in Washington State. And car transport from San Diego to Seattle is about as popular as you might think. Maybe even more popular than you think, if you...
December 29, 2016
The Day to Day Worries of a Car Transport Driver
When you ship a car, chances are you don't really think about the day to day worries of your car transport driver. And that's okay, sort of. It's a part of being a consumer or a customer - you just expect that they're going to do their job. Some of us may have more empathy for them than others, but ...
December 20, 2016
Auto Transport from Manchester to Tampa
Manchester is the largest city in New Hampshire. Tampa is the third-largest city in Florida. One of them is far more popular of a vehicle shipping destination than the other (we'll give you a hint: it's Tampa). But auto transport from Manchester to Tampa is fairly easy to find at certain times of th...
December 16, 2016
Bay Area Auto Shipping May See Price Hikes
San Francisco Bay Area transportation officials are keeping their eyes on a new regional ballot measure designed to increase tolls to pay for infrastructure improvements. The ballot measure could raise tolls on the Bay Bridge and other state-run bridges. It will be put to the voters in 2018. As it s...
December 15, 2016
Kansas Car Shipping May Get Harder Thanks to Funding Gap
The State of Kansas is going to have to halt another ten infrastructure projects indefinitely, it seems . Kansas has been struggling through financial hardships over the past few years, and it's taken its toll on the state. Now, the Department of Transportation has to slash ten projects. The total s...
December 9, 2016
Daimer Trucks Recalls New Freightliner, Highlights Dangers of Car Shipping Trucks
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling 863 Freightliner trucks that use certain types of Goodyear Tires. The affected trucks include model year 2017 Freightliner Cascadia, Business Class M2, and 122SD trucks manufactured in 2016 from Jan. 24 to Oct. 10, and equipped with Goodyear G399A LHS...
December 8, 2016
Transportation Funding Halt Could Mean Auto Shipping Delays
Last December, Congress approved an infrastructure spending bill designed to kick in spring 2017. However, that spending has been put on hold thanks to a short-term spending bill. The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) bill was supposed to give the Highway Trust Fund $2.4 billion startin...
December 7, 2016
Expect Delays in Auto Shipping in the Portland Metro Area This Week
Auto shipping in the Portland metro area this week may be harder to find thanks to a winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service (NWS). The NWS is expecting 2-4 inches of snow to come Thursday . In addition, ice - up to a quarter of an inch - is expected Thursday night. This weath...
December 5, 2016
Cold Front Makes for Slow Auto Transport Services in the North
Right now a cold front is making its way across much of the northern U.S. , making auto transport services in the north much more treacherous. Snow is expected in many regions in the north, including the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes. In fact, snow was seen yesterday during several NFL games...
December 1, 2016
OPEC and Auto Transport - How Rising Oil Prices May Affect Your Shipment
OPEC and Auto Transport - How Rising Oil Prices May Affect Your Shipment OPEC (the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) has reached a deal to limit crude oil production yesterday, and gas prices in some areas are already rising. Now, people are wondering how OPEC and auto transport pri...
November 22, 2016
Toll Roads and Auto Transport Services
You probably don't think much of toll roads and auto transport services or how tolls can affect those prices. And that's okay - that's not your job. But toll roads are a vital part of the infrastructure in some areas, and possibly even yours. Areas around Long Island, New Jersey, San Francisco, Miam...
November 18, 2016
Uber's Flying Car Transport Service and What it Means for Car Shippers
If you follow the news at all you may have seen this article about Uber's proposed flying car transport service. It's an interesting concept, really, but is it feasible? Uber seems to think so - they're planning on rolling out this technology within the next five years. Of course, there are some iss...